Moving-picture apparatus.



.0. F, JENKINS. MOVING PICTURE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR} 22, 1911.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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[WITNESSES- JENKINS, a citizen of the siding at Washington companying' drawing.

CHARLES r nnnors JENKINS, or

WASHINGTON,

insurer or cumin, Assmrion,

BY MESNI- ASSIGNMENTS, TO LAEMMLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A COBPORA TION on NEW YORK.

To all whom it may concern: I I

Be it known that I, C ARLES FRANCIS United States, re-

in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moving-Picture Appa 'ratus, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference'being had therein to the ac ,My invention relates to'moving picture apparatus and especially to means for securing the desired exposure of successive pormovements will not be properly coordinated, 1

tions of the film.

- It has long-been COIIIIIIOH-tO'II'IOVG the film past the lens axis or light opening intermit tently, forming'or projectlng each pictureduring an interval of rest, but since there are usually from sixteen vto twenty movements per second, the starting and stoppingmust be so. sudden as ,to put undesirable strain upon" the'vfilm. and mechanism. 'Further, the different mechanisms employed.

must be made with great accuracy or their and with man constructions noise and wear are objectiona le. The general object of-thi's' invention s toavoid these evils 'andatthe same time simplify the apparatus and secure more per-- feet and satisfactory-results. This objectattained by moving the-lens member during the exposure intervals and causing it and the film to move correspondingly so that both temporarily advance "as one whole although movin somewhat independently during in'- terme iate periods.

' In the accompanying. drawings,Figure P is' a-front'view of so much of acamera as is necessary to an understanding .of the inven-v tion. Fig. -2 is a side view of the mechanism ofFig. 1. Figs.'3, 4xand 5 show certain devices detached.

In these figures," A represents a lens mounted in a frame B arranged to slide vertically in suitable ways C upon a plate D forming a part of theordinary camera box or casin and having the usual light opening ight from the lens is interrupted at intervals by a rotary shutter E having an this instance two diametrically vopposite apertures E. Upon the opposite side of the plate D is a rotary film-carrying sprocket drumF mounted upon a constantly rotatlng shaft F". Film G passing toward the point of exposure is held down upon the drum by Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 22, 1911.

movmerroronn APPARATUS.

I Serial No. 622,751.

and provided with this guide being adapted accurately {in place and "in passes the exposure apera catch at H to hold the film plane form as it ture. passes around suitable rollersF, F and again into engagement with the lower side of the same drum, where it, is' pressed into contact by a second spring F. the two feeds will be speeds,

a light spring F and am theodrum it" passes around a roller F3 and in loop form to a guide H hinged at H As the'film comes fromt-he guide it' Obviously at precisely equal' .and werethere no other devices the loop or slack above must remain constant. v

The drumshaft bearsagearI which meshes .witha pinion, I, upon the shaft of which is fixed a crank plate I bearing a wrist pin which is connected by a pitman .1, con

trally pivoted lever J and pivotal connection at J 'f, with the lens frame B; I From the constructlon it follows that as] the drum is rotated the lens? frame rises and. 3 falls, the motion c'easingwhen the wrist pin is at, 1ts highestor lowestpoint and'gradu ally accelerating-its motion'as the .wrist'pin approaches a point midway between its highest and lowest positions and again gradually lesseningitsspeed until the" wrist in again reaches its lowest or'highest' posit on. The lever-and frame constitute a. lens member which is thus caused to slide backand forth 1n its ways whilepa'rallel to that portion of the film' retained by the guide and but a slight distance in front of the same. To the.

ba'ck oftheframe are fixed two light sprin" hooks move downwardfaster than-the film but are 90. l I Kflnormally projecting from sai frame through. slots D? in -.the p1ate D. These hooks are adapted 'to, engage in the. Y Y film perforations and Pull-thefilm when they,

beveled upwardly away from the film so that in. moving upwardly they; :'do not engage ut-are pushed outwardijbythegfilm'fits'elf. 3

When the lens" frame: freaches its highest 1" f p centrally the perforat1ons-"- in th8'm0ViI: film and immediatelstarting downwa point, the hooks engage, ;usually entering with. a slow motion which is rapidly accelerated as the wrist-pin moves toward the".

horizontal plane through the center of the crank plate. The parts are so proportioned that the drum moves the film m ch slower than the lens frame advances int e'middle part of its path and hence the descending hooks engage the film and starting slowly.

a 1,083,016 o'uickly acquire a speed above thato'fthe filmand pull the film onward, some of the slack inthe loop above the guide passing to that portlon below the guide. The motion of thefhooks is then gradually reduced as .they approach their lower limit. Their rate' of motion falling belowthe normal rateof the film, even were-there no slack'below to be taken up, 'no' harm would result since the film acting on the inclines of the hooks would push the latter-back and pass on.

When the'fhooks ascend they slip over the filmandre'adily pass its apertures, and the shutter is so proportioned and timed that exposure is made only while-the lens and the film aremoving as one. It is only of moment that the full cycle of the lens movement be completed in proper time, the rate of movementat any point of time and uniformity of ratebeing immateriah Usually ."flthe slack formed helow vthe film guide is taken up before the'jhlooksceaselto pull the film downward, so that theflilm never ceases to moved'owhward atth egrpo'sureropening, although it is, not contintfously' drawn by the'sprocket drum.

' What I claim is:

In a kinetoscopic apparatus, the combination of a film support, a carrier, means for reciprocating said carrier in relation to said support, the same comprising alever connected at one end to the carrier, an operating crank pin'carried by the driving mechanism of the. apparatus connected to the other end of the lever, an objective mounted on said carrier, and mechanism for feeding the film 'at substantially the same speed asthe lens during exposure In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS. Witnesses:

JAMES L. CRAWFORD,

R. CRAIG GREENE. 

